New York S 159: Relates to findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole

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S00159 Summary:

BILL NOS00159 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00127

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRRIVERA, BAILEY, BASKIN, BOTTCHER, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ,
 GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER,
 MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §259-i, Exec L

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Provides for findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole.

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BILL NOS00159 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/08/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

05/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 159

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, RIVERA, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE,
 COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCK-
 HAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY,
 MAYER, PARKER, RAMOS, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to findings of the state
 board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated
 individuals on parole

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 259-i of the executive law, as amended by chapter 322 of the
 3 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (A) [Discretionary release] Release on parole shall [not] be granted
 5 [merely as a reward for good conduct or efficient performance of duties
 6 while confined but after considering if there is a reasonable probabili-
 7 ty that, if such incarcerated individual is released, he or she will
 8 live and remain at liberty without violating the law, and that his or
 9 her release is not incompatible with the welfare of society and will not
 10 so deprecate the seriousness of his or her crime as to undermine respect
 11 for law] to any incarcerated individual appearing before the board who
 12 is eligible for release on parole, unless the parole case record demon-
 13 strates there is a current and unreasonable risk the individual will
 14 violate the law if released and such risk cannot be mitigated by parole
 15 supervision. In making the [parole release decision] determination as
 16 to whether an individual poses a current and unreasonable risk of
 17 violating the law if released, the procedures adopted pursuant to subdi-
 18 vision four of section two hundred fifty-nine-c of this article shall
 19 require that the following be considered: (i) [the institutional record

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00493-01-5

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 1 including program goals and accomplishments, academic achievements,] any
 2 and all evidence of rehabilitation and reform, including but not limited
 3 to selection for participation in a temporary release program, partic-
 4 ipation in other programming, therapeutic support, community service, or
 5 vocational education, and any training or work assignments that the
 6 department made available to the incarcerated individual, [therapy and
 7 interactions with] and statements of support from staff, volunteers and
 8 other incarcerated individuals; (ii) [performance, if any, as a partic-
 9 ipant in a temporary release program; (iii)] release plans including
 10 support from family members and community [resources] networks, employ-
 11 ment, [education] educational and training opportunities, clinical,
 12 therapeutic and other reentry services, and any other available support
 13 services [available to the incarcerated individual; (iv)]; (iii) any
 14 deportation order issued by th